Re: [RFC]Discuss] Syntax for Arrow Functions

php.internals

Ilija Tovilo

9 years ago
Well, the Ruby/Rust syntax would serve us well here too: $things->forEach(|$v| {     foo($v);     bar($v); }); On 19 Jun, 2017, at 09:43 PM, Rasmus Schultz <rasmus@mindplay.dk> wrote: I actually like this syntax, but what would it look like for multi-statement closures? A nested set of curly braces around the body would look pretty messy.     $things->forEach({$v => { foo($v); bar($v); }}); On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 4:43 PM, Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote: On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Ilija Tovilo <ilija.tovilo@me.com> wrote: > Sorry, I wasn’t aware of that. > > What do you think of the Ruby/Rust style syntax that Levi proposed a while back? > > $someDict >     ->map(|$v| $v * 2) >     ->filter(|$v| $v % 3); > > This one has a few advantages: > > 1. It has syntax (a lot of) developers are already familiar with > 2. It has no ambiguities and is fully backward compatible > 3. It’s the shortest of all options available (two `|` characters and one space) We determined that the arrow between the parameters and the expression would still be required. Given this limitation I think this syntax is seviceable:     $someDict         ->map({$v => $v * 2})         ->filter({$v => $v % 3}); Sometime this week I intend to start another thread that narrows us down to two choices.